1. TIBET

17-Point Agreement

Pro Liberation: Dalai Lama Point of View
Free Tibet website
UK site for Free Tibet
International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet
Government of Tibet in Exile
Anti-Liberation: Chinese Point of View
US Commission on Religious Freedom

FRANCE: Click here for reports on stance. There is strong sympathy in France for the Dalai Lama and much support for Free Tibet movement- but Pres. Chirac says France agrees Tibet is part of China. France calls on China to begin a dialogue with Dalai Lama.

2. TAIWAN

Position report

FYI: Taiwan is Washington State’s sixth-largest trading partner in terms of two-way, pass-through trade. In 1999, $1.1 billion worth of Washington State goods were exported to Taiwan, including $386 million in agricultural products. Fuel for Taiwan’s economic expansion of five percent annually, with negligible inflation, has come mainly from an increase in domestic demand. Rising disposible income (an 8.8% increase in 1998) has led to increased purchases of imported items from household goods to snack foods. Government statistics call for a 6.5% growth in Taiwan’s economy this year. <http://www.wasmun.com>

France may be pro-Taiwan to allow it access to missle technology, but it also acknowledges China's sovereignty over Taiwan. It looks like France walks a fine financial line with China and Taiwan. Possibly duplicitous and goes where the money is. Big French rift with China over Taiwan support.

 3. SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL

Information on the situation
Refugee Problem:WASMUN Postion Paper and, scrolling down to end, UN resolutions agreed to by US but ignored
Water rights problem

The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Knesset - The Israeli Parliament
Palestinian National Authority Home Page
U.N. Information System: Palestine
Near Eastern Affairs: Middle East Peace Process
Wye River Agreement
Camp David Accords

FRANCE: Site with French opinions

4. SANCTIONS ON IRAQ

See example

Discontinue sanctions on Iraq

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/sanction/theindex.htm

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/sanction/indexone.htm

Meanwhile, Back in Iraq (November 20, 2000)
Stratfor writes on Russia's call for an end to US and British air strikes against Iraqi targets. Putin also declared "the Russian leadership's firm intention to obtain a rapid political settlement to the Iraqi problem, including the lifting of sanctions against Iraq."

Russia in New Push to Lift Iraq Sanctions (September 12, 2000)
France and Russia are stepping up the pressure on Iraq sanctions and the Financial Times worries that the sanctions "will soon be meaningless". Russia has written to the Secretary General arguing a substantial loss of business from the embargo.

Britain and US Isolated Over Tottering Trade Embargo on Iraq (August 2, 2000)
France, China, and Russia are for lifting Iraq sanctions. The UK and the US are adamant about imposing sanctions until the elimination of weapons of mass destruction is confirmed. However it seems that the UK is now starting to question this stance. (Daily Telegraph - London)

France Calls for Lifting of Sanctions Against Iraq (August 1, 2000)
The US-UK bombing is “useless and not understandable” and sanctions against Iraq are “cruel, inefficient and dangerous,” says the French Foreign Minister. (Xinhua News Agency)

 5. RECOGNITION OF PALESTINE

Information on the situation
WASMUN Refugee position paper

The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Knesset - The Israeli Parliament
Palestinian National Authority Home Page
U.N. Information System: Palestine
Near Eastern Affairs: Middle East Peace Process
Wye River Agreement
Camp David Accords

French Opinions
Arafat thinks France will be first country to recognize independent P. (2000)

Europe supports Palestinian Independence with reservations

 6. EMBARGO ON CUBA

Sanctions against Cuba: a list of articles to read on Global Policy Forum

Bill Clinton on Cuba (November 8, 2000)
Clinton says he has no more flexibility on policy regarding Cuba. After all, the Helms/Burton act wouldn't have happened if Castro hadn't shot those planes down out of the air... (Democracy Now - Pacifica Radio)

UN Passes Cuba Resolution Calling for an End to US Embargo - Again (November 9, 2000)
The resolution passed with 167 votes in favor - the widest margin in the nine years that Cuba has brought the initiative to the United Nations. Only the United States, Israel and the Marshall Islands voted against it. Four countries abstained. (Associated Press)

An Evil Embargo (November 6, 2000)
MPs from the House of Commons in Britain have urged in a letter that the British government condemn US sanctions against Cuba in the General Assembly vote. (Daily Telegraph)

End Cuban Embargo: Call From ICC (October 19, 2000)
The Vice-President of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is calling for the lifting of the US trade embargo. But rather for the moral reason of the sanctions being "counterproductive...hurting the civilian population of Cuba", the interests of the US business moguls are more likely the voice behind the call. (ICC Press Release)

US Votes to Ease Cuba Sanctions (July 21 2000)
The US’s stubborn stance against Cuba shifted slightly as the US House of Representatives approved easing sanctions against Cuba. Yet the complete lifting of trade embargo has no end in sight.(Financial Times)

 7. ISRAELI COMPLIANCE

Information on the situation
WASMUN Refugee Postion Paper
Water Rights Problem

The Israeli Government's Official Website, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Knesset - The Israeli Parliament
Palestinian National Authority Home Page
U.N. Information System: Palestine
Near Eastern Affairs: Middle East Peace Process
Wye River Agreement
Camp David Accords

 8. UN ARMED FORCE

UN peacekeeping forces are not protected. http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/general/2000/unstaff.htm